The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group works to help people whose rights have been violated and investigates cases involving such abuse, as well as assessing the overall human rights situation in Ukraine. The Group also seeks to develop awareness of human rights issues through public events and its various publications

Bureaucratic torment for the disabled abolished

From now on people with disabilities will only need to undergo a medical examination once in order to obtain technical rehabilitation aids. Up till now they had to prove that they have a disability once a year, this involving an exhausting list of medical tests.

The decision to simplify this procedure, and effectively allow for the issuing of a document which has indefinite force was taken by the Cabinet of Ministers and announced by the Minister of Employment and Social Policy Ludmila Denisova.